Posts Tagged ‘reindeer’

Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Elfman, Danny | Sarandon, Chris | O'Hara, Catherine | Hickey, William | Shadix, Glenn | Reubens, Paul | Page, Ken | Ivory, Ed | McBride, Susan | Durst, Debi | Proops, Greg | Katz, Kerry | Crenshaw, Randy | Ball, Sherwood | Twillie, Carmen
Directors: Selick, Henry
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Bored and unhappy with the life of being “The Pumpkin King” Jack Skellington of Halloween Town, Jack sets out to find something exciting. Jack discovers “Christmas Town” and takes it upon himself to take over the duties of Santa to deliver toys across the world to children.

Santa Clause, The (1994)

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Allen, Tim | Crewson, Wendy | Reinhold, Judge | Lloyd, Eric | Krumholtz, David | Brandenburg, Larry | Gross, Mary | Tamada, Paige | Boyle, Peter | Scott, Judith | Eastwood, Jayne | King, Melissa | Wentworth, Bradley | Bates, Azura
Directors: Pasquin, John
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Divorcee Scott Calvin is disgusted to learn that his ex and her husband have tried - and failed - to break it easy to their 6-year-old son Charlie that Santa isn’t real. On Christmas Eve, Scott reads The Night Before Christmas… then receives an unexpected visitor on his roof. When he’s startled by Scott’s calling out and falls, the Santa impersonator disappears, leaving only an 8-reindeer sleigh and a suit with instructions to put it on if he’s involved in an accident. Scott does, and is transported around the town dropping gifts through chimneys until he’s taken to the North Pole and informed by a group who claim they’re elves that he is now Santa. Charlie is proud of his dad’s new job, though Scott’s convinced it’s a dream. Until his hair turns white, his beard refuses to stay shaved, he gains weight inexplicably, even for his sudden love of junk food… Now he’s accepted it, there’s just one problem: how to keep it secret from his disbelieving family?

Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The (2005)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Henley, Georgie | Keynes, Skandar | Moseley, William | Popplewell, Anna | Swinton, Tilda | McAvoy, James | Broadbent, Jim | Shah, Kiran | Cosmo, James | McIntosh, Judy | Hawthorne, Elizabeth | Kake, Patrick | Rangi, Shane | Cook, Brandon | Cook, Cassie
Directors: Adamson, Andrew
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Based on the classic novel by ‘CS Lewis’ (qv). Four London children are sent to a professor’s country home in order for protection during World War II. There they find a magic wardrobe which leads to a mystical land called Narnia, which is being ruled by an evil witch. To defeat the witch, they must join forces with Aslan, the lion God of Narnia.

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

Monday, April 14th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Ives, Burl | Richards, Billie Mae | Soles, Paul | Mann, Larry D. | Francis, Stan | Kligman, Paul | Orenstein, Janet | Scopp, Alfie | Banas, Carl | Conley, Corinne | Dixon, Peg
Directors: Nagashima, Kizo
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Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his beaming honker, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudoph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa’s sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea…

Eight Crazy Nights (2002)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Sandler, Adam | Sandler, Jackie | Stout, Austin | Nealon, Kevin | Schneider, Rob | Crosby, Norm | Lovitz, Jon | Banks, Tyra | Clark, Blake | Dante, Peter | Albertini Dow, Ellen | Farley, Kevin P. | Friedman, Lari | Kenny, Tom | Sprouse, Cole
Directors: Kearsley, Seth
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Adam Sandler stars in this comedic animated musical as Davey Stone, a 33 year old drunk who was perfect 20 years ago. After cheating the Chinese waiter (Schneider) for not paying for his 4 Scorpion bowls, he gets one more chance or he goes to the state prison for 10 years. For his sentence, he is to be a referee-in-training for the Junior Basketball League. While learning to be nicer from Whitey Duvall (Sandler), an ederly basketball referee, Davey falls in love again with his childhood girfriend Jennifer Freedman (Titone) who already has a son Benjamin (Stout).

Prancer (1989)

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Elliott, Sam | Leachman, Cloris | Alda, Rutanya | Vigoda, Abe | Constantine, Michael | Harrell, Rebecca | Duda, John | Richards, Ariana | Rolston, Mark | Galecki, Johnny | Charles, Walter | Truro, Victor | Porter, Marcia | Janes, Loren | Starnes, Shirley
Directors: Hancock, John D.
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Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in town. She hides the reindeer in her barn and feeds it cookies, until she can return it to Santa. Her father finds the reindeer an decides to sell it to the butcher, not for venison chops, but as an advertising display.

Elf (2003)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Ferrell, Will | Caan, James | Newhart, Bob | Asner, Edward | Steenburgen, Mary | Deschanel, Zooey | Tay, Daniel | Love, Faizon | Dinklage, Peter | Sedaris, Amy | Lerner, Michael | Richter, Andy | Gass, Kyle | Lange, Artie | Lautier, Claire
Directors: Favreau, Jon
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Buddy (Will Ferrell) was a baby in an orphanage who stowed away in Santa’s sack and ended up at the North Pole. Later, as an adult human who happened to be raised by elves, Santa allows him to go to New York City to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan). Hobbs, on Santa’s naughty list for being a heartless jerk, had no idea that Buddy was even born. Buddy, meanwhile, experiences the delights of New York City (and human culture) as only an elf can. When Walter’s relationship with Buddy interferes with his job, he is forced to reevaluate his priorities.

Santa Clause 2, The (2002)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Allen, Tim | Mitchell, Elizabeth | Krumholtz, David | Lloyd, Eric | Reinhold, Judge | Crewson, Wendy | Breslin, Spencer | Mumy, Liliana | Woodman, Danielle | LaFleur, Art | Tyler, Aisha | Pollak, Kevin | Thomas, Jay | Dorn, Michael | Attadia, Christopher
Directors: Lembeck, Michael
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Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa ever. But Santa’s got problems (he’s even mysteriously losing weight) and things quickly go south when he finds out that his son, Charlie, has landed on this year’s “naughty” list. Desperate to help his son, Scott heads back home, leaving a substitute Claus to watch over things at the Pole. But when the substitute institutes some strange redefinitions of naughty and nice, putting Christmas at risk, it’s up to Scott to return with a new bag of magic to try to save Christmas.